George Arliss
Known for: Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Arliss (10 April 1868 – 5 February 1946) was an English actor, author, playwright and filmmaker who found success in the United States. He was the first British actor to win an Academy Award – which he won for his performance as Victorian-era British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli in Disraeli (1929), as well as the earliest-born actor to win the honour.
Filmography
Film
The Eternal Jew
Mayer Rothschild (archive footage) (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Guv'nor
François Rothschild aka The Guv'nor
1935
Film
The Millionaire
James Alden
1931
Film
The House of Rothschild
Mayer Rothschild / Nathan Rothschild
1934
Film
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Self (archive footage)
1984
Film
Land of Liberty
Alexander Hamilton (edited from 'Alexander Hamilton')
1939
Film
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
1940
Film
Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli
1929
Film
The King's Vacation
Phillip, the King
1933
Film
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
1931
Film
The Working Man
John Reeves alias John Walton
1933
Film
Voltaire
Voltaire
1933
Film
A Successful Calamity
Henry Wilton
1932
Film
Cardinal Richelieu
Cardinal Richelieu
1935
Film
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
1943
Film
The Man Who Played God
Montgomery Royle
1932
Film
Doctor Syn
Dr Syn
1937
Film
The Tunnel
Prime Minister of Great Britain
1935
Film
The Last Gentleman
Cabot Barr
1934
Film
Old English
Sylvanus Heythorp
1930
Film
The Devil
Dr. Müller
1921
Film
The Green Goddess
Rajah of Rukh
1923
Film
The Iron Duke
Duke of Wellington
1934
Film
The Ruling Passion
James Alden
1922
Film
His Lordship
Richard Fraser / Lorimer, Lord Duncaster
1936
Film
The Green Goddess
The Raja
1930
Film
East Meets West
Sultan of Rungay
1936
Film
The Man Who Played God
Montgomery Royle
1922
Film
Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli
1921
Twenty Dollars a Week
John Reeves
1924
Film
Impressions of Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli
1931